Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Not great news for National Shipbuilding Strategy

Northern Lighthouse Board awards £51.8M contract for construction of hybrid powered tender vessel to Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondán S.A.

See - https://www.nlb.org.uk/news/northern-li ... ed-vessel/

BRITANNIA MARITIME AID

Navigating disaster relief

Every minute counts when natural disaster strikes, whether it is a hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, volcano, fire or other catastrophe.
Britannia Maritime Aid is a registered charity which aims to deliver emergency aid and ocean advocacy while also helping to train the next generation of British and Commonwealth seafarers.

Our intention is to operate a British-built merchant ship, manned by UK and Commonwealth seafarers, which will operate as a disaster relief platform and a sea training vessel for cadets, apprentices, and non-seafaring trainees.

It will provide an effective and regular means of directly delivering UK overseas humanitarian aid and skills training on a year-round basis to UK overseas territories communities in need, and when required to provide direct, fast and cost-effective emergency response to disaster hit islands and coastal commonwealth countries.

Continues at - https://britanniamaritimeaid.com/

Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65038617

Pelican wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:27 pm Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65038617

See - https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/03/fam ... more-60319

Pelican wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:02 pm

Pelican wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:27 pm Multiple injuries after ship tips over at Edinburgh dockyard

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65038617

See - https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/03/fam ... more-60319

Very strong winds were cited as a contributary factor in her accident.

PETREL UPDATE:

Research vessel Petrel toppled over in dry dock at Leith on Wednesday.
7 are still in hospital with injuries.
Petrel had been laid up in Lieth since 2020 but was bought by US Navy Naval Facilities Engineering & Expeditionary Warfare Center in Sept 2022 for $12.4M.

RV Petrel will be operated by a civilian subcontractor but was being converted for seabed warfare purposes - i.e. to monitor undersea infrastructure in a similar role to Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship (MROSS).

Source Navy Lookout on Twitter.

U.S. Navy Officials Heading to Scotland to Investigate R/V Petrel Dry Dock Incident

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/27/u-s-na ... k-incident

Maersk’s First Green Methanol-Fueled Boxship Sails on Maiden Voyage

See - https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/07/mae ... en-voyage/

Car Carrier Fremantle Highway Catches Fire in North Sea Off Dutch Coast, One Crew Member Killed

https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/07/car ... more-60722

Pelican wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:21 pm Car Carrier Fremantle Highway Catches Fire in North Sea Off Dutch Coast, One Crew Member Killed

https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/07/car ... more-60722

See update at - https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/07/upd ... more-60726